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Fisheries ISSN: 0363-2415 (Print) 1548-8446 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufsh20 International Perspectives on the Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries Ian J. Winfield, Claudio Baigún, Pavel A. Balykin, Barbara Becker, Yushun Chen, Ana F. Filipe, Yuri V. Gerasimov, Alexandre L. Godinho, Robert M. Hughes, John D. Koehn, Dmitry N. Kutsyn, Verónica Mendoza- Portillo, Thierry Oberdorff, Alexei M. Orlov, Andrey P. Pedchenko, Florian Pletterbauer, Ivo G. Prado, Roland Rösch & Shane J. Vatland To cite this article: Ian J. Winfield, Claudio Baigún, Pavel A. Balykin, Barbara Becker, Yushun Chen, Ana F. Filipe, Yuri V. Gerasimov, Alexandre L. Godinho, Robert M. Hughes, John D. Koehn, Dmitry N. Kutsyn, Verónica Mendoza-Portillo, Thierry Oberdorff, Alexei M. Orlov, Andrey P. Pedchenko, Florian Pletterbauer, Ivo G. Prado, Roland Rösch & Shane J. 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Kutsyn Lake Ecosystems Group, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sci- Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, ences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4AP, U.K. E-mail: [email protected] Verónica Mendoza-Portillo Claudio Baigún Colección Nacional de Peces, Instituto de Biología, Uni- Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental (3iA), versidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Gral. San Martín, Bue- Federal, México nos Aires, Argentina Thierry Oberdorff Pavel A. Balykin UMR ‘BOREA’ CNRS 7208/IRD 207/MNHN/UPMC, UAG, Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sci- UNICAEN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia France Barbara Becker Alexei M. Orlov Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Vertebrados, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Ocean- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo ography, Moscow, Russia; A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecol- Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil ogy and Evolution, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Yushun Chen Russia; Department of Ichthyology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russia Wuhan, Hubei, China Andrey P. Pedchenko Ana F. Filipe Berg State Research Institute on Lake and River Fisheries, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Saint-Petersburg, Russia Genéticos, Universidade do Porto. Campus Agrário de Florian Pletterbauer Vairão, Vairão, Portugal; Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Manage- Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, ment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal Vienna (BOKU), Vienna, Austria Yuri V. Gerasimov Ivo G. Prado I. D. Papanin, Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Rus- Fish Passage Center, Federal University of Minas Gerais, sian Academy of Sciences, Yaroslavl Region, Russia Minas Gerais, Brazil; Pisces-Consultoria e Serviços Ambien- Alexandre L. Godinho tais, Lavras MG, Brazil Fish Passage Center, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Roland Rösch Minas Gerais, Brazil LAZBW, Fisheries Research Station Baden-Wuerttemberg, Robert M. Hughes Langenargen, Germany Amnis Opes Institute and Department of Fisheries & Wild- Shane J. Vatland life, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Research Division, Department of Fisheries Resources John D. Koehn Management, Nez Perce Tribe, Joseph, OR Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, De- partment of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Heidel- berg, VIC, Australia INTRODUCTION Many of the world’s inland fisheries face common threats, such as eutrophication, overfishing, species introductions, and water A range of perspectives is presented from the International development projects (Youn et al. 2014), which have essentially Fisheries Section of the American Fisheries Society on climate local solutions. However, most fisheries also face effects from change effects on inland fisheries from standing and flowing the inherently global problem of climate change, which only can waters in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. Fisheries | www.fisheries.org 399 be understood and ultimately managed from a truly international shads, Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys) fishes made up 79% perspective. The potential extent and range of such effects were and 16%, respectively, of the catch (Kuranova and Moiseev illustrated by Xenopoulos et al. (2005), who, assuming the A2 1973). In the first years of the 21st century, catches of semi- model for climate change, predicted a loss of 0% to 75% of the anadromous and anadromous fishes declined dramatically and fish species in a variety of the world’s river basins but with an are significantly correlated with reduced Volga River discharges uncertain time lag (Tedesco et al. 2013). Here, we provide a into the sea, lower sea levels, and higher salinities (Zhidovinov range of perspectives from the International Fisheries Section et al. 1985; Katunin and Strubalina 1986). of the American Fisheries Society on climate change effects Inland fisheries occur across most areas of the Asian on inland fisheries from standing and flowing waters in Africa, part of Russia and are particularly important, susceptible to Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. climate change, and well-studied in Lake Baikal (Siberia). The most important fisheries species in this lake is Baikal Omul AFRICA Coregonus migratorius, where catches increase 4 to 5 years Most tropical fishes are eurythermal and able to tolerate after high water levels (Smirnov et al. 2015). There is a strong high temperatures, and most climate change scenarios predict negative correlation between ice cover in the Arctic Ocean in little temperature increase in tropical Africa. Consequently, the second half of August and Baikal Omul catches (Figure relatively small effects might be expected. However, many 1). During periods of low winter temperatures and long ice tropical fishes live in waters with low dissolved oxygen levels, cover, conditions for Baikal Omul production improve because where temperature fluctuations approach upper lethal limits of increases in river flow, lake level, and subsequent juvenile (Ficke et al. 2007). Thus, temperature increases of only 1°C survival (Smirnov et al. 2015). to 2°C are likely to affect swimming ability, growth rates, and AUSTRALIA reproduction, which in turn are likely to affect wild fish and aquaculture production. Fish species extinctions due to reduced Australia is a large, dry continent that spans tropical to water availability arising from climate change in arid and semi- temperate zones. Its freshwater fishes and their habitats have arid regions of northern Africa are very likely before the end of suffered considerable degradation in many regions, leading this century (Tedesco et al. 2013). to range reductions and reduced and fragmented populations. Even large African lakes with considerable buffering Consequently, a large proportion of Australia’s endemic capacities are likely to be affected by climate change. For freshwater fishes are of conservation concern. Rainfall and example, the fishery catch of Lake Naivasha in Kenya is river discharge patterns are highly variable with increasingly strongly correlated with water level (Hickley et al. 2002), and unpredictable intense droughts and floods forecasted (Hobday water level is likely to be affected by anticipated reductions and Lough 2011). Such changes combined with other pressures in precipitation. Similar impacts of climate change are also pose serious threats to fishes and fisheries. anticipated in Lake Victoria (East Africa), where changes Though climate change may affect fishes